The data science for open wash data (ds4owd) course is held by the openwashdata team at the Global Health Engineering Group of ETH Zurich

The aim of the course is empower WASH professionals to engage with tools and workflows for open data and code. This course is:

  • free
  • provides participants with a certificate for successful completion
  • using exclusively tools that are free and open source
  • offers 1:1 coding support between lectures and beyond the course

You can find all details about this course and how to sign-up for it here

The aim of this website is to measure the impact of ds4owd and present collected data to encourage open data sharing practices.

This presents the overall website activity at a glance.

Total Unique Visitors

4955

Total Page Views

23574

Total Visits

6275

Visit Duration (mins)

3.61

The graph below showcases a time series of daily visits to the website along with the top sources. Direct visits are the most common source of traffic.
Daily Visits
Top 10 Sources
Source Visits
Direct / None 5378
openwashdata.org 425
LinkedIn 216
Google 121
GitHub 104
Gmail 58
find-it.pro 21
Yandex 13
ghe.ethz.ch 9
Twitter 8
Worldwide Visits
Data Science For Open Wash Data Course Survey
Where do Participants Come From?

What do they think of the course?

Completion Rate

80%

Overall Course Rating

3.96 / 4

Instructor Rating

3.88 / 4

Course Structure Rating

3.56 / 4

How did Participants Benefit?

Did the course meet expectations?
How did R programming skills evolve?

How did they feel after the course?

Confidence in R skills

2.8 / 4

Confidence in Version Control

2.56 / 4

Confidence in Applying Skills

3.04 / 4

As a part of the course, learners were introduced to Posit cloud to encourage open data sharing practices and provide a platform for sharing their work.

Total Active Users

138

Total Active Projects

447

Total Compute Hours Logged

3009

Daily Posit Cloud Compute Usage (Hours)